Pencil Sort - Color Sorting 12+

This is one of the more decent games out there. Yes the ads are annoying, but I’m kinda used to them now. In this game the ads are consistent length and similar buttons to push to dismiss them. They only last 5 seconds each. I love the fact that the pencils fly away in a satisfying way when you match them. I love that the puzzles are not timed, and even the fact that many of them are pretty hard. Also you get to complete funny pencil art, no it’s not sketches done by a pencil, they are paintings featuring anthropomorphic pencils that are spoofs of famous paintings. Overall pretty chill game. You don’t have to log in daily to grind it, you can forget about it for a few days without missing anything. Then you just get back in the middle of a level and continue where you left off

I have really enjoyed playing this game. I find the gameplay sufficiently challenging to stay motivated. The painting collection is a unique and interesting feature, and primarily what is keeping me playing daily. I will likely keep playing until I have completed the painting gallery.
I paid to remove adds, but need to watch a bunch anyway for certain levels. The game is a bit like solitaire, where your options are limited to the “hand” dealt. Not all levels are beatable without helps, even with a good starting point. The odd part is that clearing “free” spaces in the game is only achieved through watching adds. There is no option to buy the space, or use an earned tool to clear it.
There are bugs with the points adding up. If you go to fast you will lose points. If you make a scoring move before the current points have finished adding, it won’t count.
There are tournaments and a “streak” feature. There are no teams (would love to see this). I completed the streak 100, and it hasn’t reset. There is a timer next to the treasure box on the screen that doesn’t seem to count down to anything happening.
There is no support for the game, other than leaving a review, and the information on game play is very limited.
I want to keep playing this game (the only reason I’m taking the time to write this long review), but there are too many features missing or buggy to continue much longer. I’m starting to lose interest.

This game is fun, but it has an option to pay $7.99 to remove pop up ads and banner ads that is pointless. I understood that this wouldn’t remove the optional ads that can help you win the game, but in a moment of weakness I bought it anyway. The issue is, some of these puzzles are constructed such that you literally CANNOT WIN without watching at least 1 of the optional ads. You don’t earn enough coins to avoid this. I seriously feel like I got scammed into paying for no ads when in reality they are still making money off me because you have to watch the ads to win the levels. If I could, I would request a refund and just watch all the ads instead of some. Overall I am very disappointed because like another reviewer said I had a good time playing an unlimited version of the game as an add while playing solitaire (ironic, I know). However, there is no such thing as “endless” version in the actual app, and it’s got more ads that solitaire does.